It's not too often that "new" Atari 2600 games are discovered. There are many people engaged in creating new games for the system that arguably defined the entire business of
video games, but the discovery of something new from the "good ole days" is quite rare. Museum curator and founder Syd Bolton found himself in a state of disbelief when fellow
volunteer George Yallop delivered a "contribution" from someone he knew, who had recently visited the museum.

The envelope contained an Atari 2600 cartridge called Extra Terrestrials. Searches of the web didn't reveal any information about the game. It was at this point
that Syd realized he may have found a long lost game. This was an important discovery to the muesum and the Atari community as well. The game was produced in Canada. After making some
inquiries to the donator the following information was uncovered

The game was developed by Skill Screen Games and manufactured by Telcom Research Ltd. in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.

Credits:

President: Tom Banting

Producer: Peter Banting

Packaging & Artwork: J. Maitland Banting

Game Design & Programming: Herman Quast

The group was hoping to capitalize on the video game market that was booming at the time. They had hoped to get the game out for the 1983 Christmas season, but delays in the
programming precluded that and the game missed the Christmas window. After it was finally finished in early 1984, Peter remembers taking the game out to retailers door to
door to purchase copies of the game. They had no distributor, and in the end sold only a couple of hundred copies at most. By then, the video game market had collapsed.

In January 2012, the Personal Computer Museum began shipping a limited reproduction run of the game (dubbed the "Special Edition") which included a numbered cartridge,
manual, box, and bonus DVD containing approximately 40 minutes of media footage.

A follow up story has been written, including links to download the ROM file for you to play on
your computer.

You can also buy loose cartridge only versions of the game from Good Deal Games,
the only licensed manufacturer.